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Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Graduate student Elizabeth Ryan selected to attend Lindau Nobel Laureate meeting

4/10/2025 Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology

A Chemistry and Chemical Biology graduate student in the Weill Institute’s Baskin Lab, Ryan will be among 600 young scientists from around the world to come together in Lindau, Germany.

Bonobos Kanzi and Panbanisha with Sue Savage-Rumbaugh with the outdoor symbols "keyboard."

Cognitive Science

Celebrated bonobo Kanzi honored in workshop

4/10/2025 A&S Communications

Kanzi's legacy and the relation between great apes and language will be explored in a Humanities Lab Workshop on April 19.

Student experiences

Ask an Ambassador: Three bits of advice before coming to college

4/10/2025 A&S Student Ambassador

"A positive mindset is key to success."

Historic photo of about 20 people, many of them children arranged in rows against a stone wall of a building — © Armenian Historical Archives/ARF Archives in Watertown, Massachusetts Armenian Genocide Survivors in the Caucasus during the First World War.

Near Eastern studies

Ethnic cleansing explored in Annual Armenian Genocide Commemoration Lecture

4/10/2025 A&S Communications

Columbia University's Khatchig Mouradian will give a lecture, “Ethnic Cleansing in the Long 19th Century: The Native American, Circassian, and Armenian Cases,” on April 24.

Two people laughing near a large poster showing a wave — Provided Doctoral candidate Jonathon Thomalla and Professor Mariana Wolfner

Graduate student research

Mentorship series: Jonathon Thomalla and Mariana Wolfner

4/9/2025 Cornell University Graduate School

Jonathon Thomalla, a Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry, molecular and cell biology, and Mariana Wolfner, distinguished professor of molecular biology and genetics and Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow in Molecular Biology and Genetics, discuss their mentoring relationship in a Q&A.

Government

Study of democracy’s decline offers roadmap for fighting back

4/8/2025 Cornell Chronicle

The study of pathways to democratic backsliding provides clear examples of the risks currently posed to the U.S. system of government.

person standing outside — Ameya Kamani '25

Student ambassadors

Ask an Ambassador: Explore all of your interests

4/8/2025 A&S Student Ambassador

… thesis, yet by nighttime, I chose to catch up on sleep or get frozen yogurt at Jason’s Convenience with my friends. …

Distinguished Visiting Journalist

National security journalist to discuss ‘New Cold Wars’

4/7/2025 A&S Communications

A public conversation with journalist David Sanger about his recent book, “New Cold Wars: China's Rise, Russia's Invasion, and America's Struggle to Defend the West,” will highlight his April 21-22 visit.

Image of aMedieval scholar sitting at a table writing with a quill pen

Comparative Literature

Biblical scholar: Parables in Luke parallel Genesis stories

4/3/2025 Cornell Chronicle

Prof. Carmichael identifies how parables unique to Luke were composed as a response to, and reframing of, problems attributed to the earliest of biblical times.

Corey Booker in suit and tie on a large screen with a huge American flag in front of it, — Jamelle Bouie Corey Booker.

Government

Booker’s speech: A retreat from the ‘acquiescent liberal elite’ and an embrace of ‘good trouble’

4/3/2025 A&S Communications

Prof. Alexander Livingston comments on Senator Corey Booker's historic 25-hour speech.

students carrying banner at graduation reading Cornell 2024 — Paul Newman/University Photography The 2024 graduation ceremony

Career outcomes

2024 A&S grads report stellar career outcomes

4/2/2025 A&S Communications

Jen Maclaughlin credits the College’s first-year advising seminars for at least part of the success for 2024 graduates.

two people looking at books — Douae Maarouf ’27/Student and Campus Life Justin Eburuoh ’27, left, and Branden Sattler ’26 check out books from the Language House Library. Beginning in the fall, the Language House will include students who use American Sign Language, in addition to those speaking French, Spanish, Mandarin and Korean.

Language experiences

Language House opens to students learning ASL

4/1/2025 A&S Communications

Students who want an immersive on-campus experience with American Sign Language (ASL) can now sign up to live in the Language House.

Provided Book cover: Humanities in the Time of AI

Humanities and technology

Book plumbs AI’s potential to reinvigorate the humanities

4/1/2025 Cornell Chronicle

In his new book, “Humanities in the Time of AI,” professor Laurent Dubreuil argues that the arrival of AI may present an opportunity to “re-create scholarship.”

A city near a coastline; cloudy sky — Wikimedia Creative Commons The coastline of offshore Cijin Island in the South China Sea, which belongs to the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung.

History

Chinese military drills send ominous message to Taiwan